{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4828",
  "lemma": "מֵרֵעַ",
  "transliteration": "mêrêaʻ",
  "definition": "a friend",
  "kjv": "companion, friend.",
  "occurrences": 7,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7462",
      "lemma": "רָעָה",
      "transliteration": "râʻâh",
      "meaning": "to tend a flock",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7462"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[מֵרֵעַ] n.m. friend, companion"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 26:26",
      "text": "Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/26?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:11",
      "text": "When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:20",
      "text": "But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:2",
      "text": "Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 15:6",
      "text": "Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:8",
      "text": "Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 19:7",
      "text": "All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/19?v=7"
    }
  ],
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